Everyone has a creative impulse, 

and has the right to create, 

and should.

I much prefer 

the sharpest criticism 

of a single intelligent man 

to the thoughtless approval 

of the masses.

It is proportion that beautifies everything, 

the whole universe consists of it, 

and music is measured by it.

To have the sense of creative activity 

is the great happiness 

and the great proof of being alive.

Without deviation progress is not possible.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

Life is made up, 

not of great sacrifices or duties, 

but of little things, 

in which smiles and kindness, 

and small obligations given habitually, 

are what preserve the heart 

and secure comfort.

It is characteristic of all deep human problems 

that they are not to be approached 

without some humour 

and some bewilderment.

He who will not reason, is a bigot; 

he who cannot is a fool; 

and he who dares not is a slave.

There are two objectionable types of believers: 

those who believe the incredible 

and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded 

and replaced by 'the scientific method.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements 

and man is not totally at home with them.

The uncertainty relation does not refer to the past; 

if the velocity of the electron is at first known 

and the position then exactly measured, 

the position for times previous to the measurement may be calculated.

Worship is transcendent wonder.

Grown men can learn from very little children 

for the hearts of little children are pure.